On my first big drive (to work and back, 120km round trip) the car performed almost perfectly.
I got a bit of a feel for it and love the sound it makes high in the rev range. It has a bit of a howl that I have noticed on tubular manifold cars.
It also has a vibration and click that I know is the tailshaft centre bearing.
Got to like that howl a bit much as it seems, which resulted in a speeding ticket.
Dammit dammit dammit!

Anyway, came out the next morning to find she had wet herself overnight.
Turned out to be the heater hoses that go from under the inlet manifold to the firewall.
Bit of a bugger to get to. Had to remove the brake master brace, the fuel filter, and pressure regulator, and develop a plumbers elbow.
You know, the kind that can go through an S bend on a toilet, to be able to remove them.
And 7 days later they were at the parts place
Along with a tailshaft centre bearing.

Looks like the master cylinder had a bit of a leak at some stage, theres another job

Here is a view from the firewall
and removed

The 2 of them sit like this, firewall ends at the top
with the bottom ends somewhere under the manifold
And here they are all in place.

I'm a little sad that it has the two vents in the bumper now... was really loving the asymmetrical look of the whole thing. still looks hot as all hell, mind you... the auto spoiler thing is pure awesome!

Intercooler time.
The GTS-R came with a large but thin intercooler standard.
My car came with this (in a cardboard box)

It's a bit bigger than the standard (and really restrictive) GTS one
The GTS-R intercooler has a larger frontal area than my aftermarket one, but it's actually thinner than the GTS one

So with a bit of a shave and a haircut to the front air intake thingy
(what is that whole area under the bumper called anyway?)
And the radiator support strut, in she went

So all I need is some pipework. The plan is to go under the headlight, down and back through the old intercooler duct, and connect back up to the original pipework.
GTS-R pipework is all 3 inch and they are laggy as hell, so my plan is to do all the pipework in 2 inch (less volume to fill) and keep it short and sharp, which with the good flowing intercooler should cut down on the lag.
Fingers crossed. Actually, the real reason for GTS-Rs being laggy is right here in this pic
Got me some aluminium donuts already

Absolutely no markings whatsoever on it. The box it was in said Kelloggs.
It could be early HKS though.
Reason I think this is, the GTS-R engine in my car is the second one that's been in it.
The 1st one is the blown up one on, I think, page 1.
THAT motor came out of a front cut with a heap of HKS parts.
Oil cooler, air filter, injectors, turbo timer, and that intercooler.
All the other aftermarket parts are HKS, so methinks so is the I/C.
Circumstantial at best.

Yeah, they used a bead roller gizmo.
My intercooler piping cost the princely sum of $210.00
a little better than the quotes of $1500.00 upwards.
Ah the joys of doing it yourself (leans back with smug grin)

Thanks for those Kev, very entertaining.
I would love to do one of those R31House track days.

Can anyone tell me what's wrong with this picture?

That's right! the gearbox sounds awful.
As it turned out i have ended up with 4 gearboxes including the one in the car.
2 are R31 RB20 turbo 'boxes, and the other 2 are R32 RB20 turbo 'boxes.
The R32 'boxes are stronger and have a better set of ratios.
Problem is, which one is the best.
You can easily tell an R32 'box from an R31 one by the castings.
R32 'boxes have a lot more ribs cast in.

Solution
These are 2 R31 'boxes.
The plan is to put each 'box in for a week and see what it's like.
The only bitch being that I will be doing it by myself with a jack and the car on stands.

Actually, the other bitch is the top starter motor bolt.
It's a real cow to get to so I modified a spanner to do the job.
Works a treat

In other news, a friend of mine brought this back for me from Hawaii.

There is a spring under that hula skirt.
I think she will end up on the Skyline dash

Sorry I didn't get back sooner, work is nuts at the moment.
Orion, must have been a pretty popular intercooler.
Mine is the only one I've ever seen in the flesh.
They work well too. Did a track day (which I'll go into later) and after some spirited driving I felt the intercooler.
Quite warm on the inlet and stone cold on the outlet.
That's a win in my book.